Tom Potter reports a breach involving Colchester Borough Council: An urgent probe has been launched into how the personal details of benefit claimants were disclosed to some Colchester householders. The borough council is investigating the breach of personal data during the delivery of housing benefit notification letters to residents last week. […] The council said…
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FL: Sacred Heart Health System billing information hacked
Carlos Gieseken reports: The billing information of 14,000 Sacred Heart Health System patients was compromised recently when an employee email account of the healthcare provider’s third-party billing vendor was hacked. No medical records were breached, but hackers gained access to patient names, dates of service, dates of birth, diagnoses and procedures, total charges and physician…
Payroll Company Owner Sentenced for Stealing $1.2M in IRS Taxes from Small Businesses and Municipal Water Supply
Warren Hebert, 67, of Barrington, R.I., owner of Checkmaster Payroll Services, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution to seven businesses and the Seekonk, Mass., Water District that he defrauded when he diverted federal payroll taxes he collected from them that were to have been…
Point-of-Sale Vendor NEXTEP Probes Breach
Brian Krebs reports: NEXTEP Systems, a Troy, Mich.-based vendor of point-of-sale solutions for restaurants, corporate cafeterias, casinos, airports and other food service venues, was recently notified by law enforcement that some of its customer locations have been compromised in a potentially wide-ranging credit card breach, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The acknowledgement came in response to reports by sources in…
UK: Data loss at Portland school sparks inquiries
The Dorset Echo reports: An investigation is underway after a confidential school document wasn’t properly disposed off at a prison. The Young Offender Institution (YOI) on Portland had been providing the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) with a confidential waste disposal service. A letter was sent to parents of pupils last week informing them that a document hadn’t been…
Play.com customers report spam following breach at third-party marketing firm
Network Security Report reports: Play.com, one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has suffered a security breach. In a warning to customers, Play.com has said that customer names and email addresses may have been compromised. Play.com is washing its hands of direct responsibility, claiming that a third party on its marketing communications team…